Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human–robot interface

J **ong, J Chen, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Recent progress in blue energy harvesting for powering distributed sensors in ocean

T Zhao, M Xu, X **ao, Y Ma, Z Li, ZL Wang - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oceanography has received a lot of attention in the 21st century. Due to the harsh and
complex ocean conditions, ensuring power supply to the distributed marine equipment has …

Self-powered sensors and systems based on nanogenerators

Z Wu, T Cheng, ZL Wang - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sensor networks are essential for the development of the Internet of Things and the smart
city. A general sensor, especially a mobile sensor, has to be driven by a power unit. When …

Triboelectric mechanical sensors—Progress and prospects

Q Gao, T Cheng, ZL Wang - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of sensing technologies has increased the intelligence level of equipment.
It is difficult for traditional sensing technologies to meet many current application …

Self-cleaning triboelectric nanogenerator based on TiO2 photocatalysis

H Liu, Y Feng, J Shao, Y Chen, ZL Wang, H Li, X Chen… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Dielectric polymer materials are indispensable for the fabrication of self-powered
nanosystem and electronic skin. However, the performance of the device is often seriously …

Triboelectric nanogenerator for smart traffic monitoring and safety

VN Thakur, JI Han - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Traffic monitoring and safety are key for reducing road accidents because the road network
is increasing rapidly and becoming completed day by day. Various energy harvesters and …

Self-powered sensing for non-full pipe fluidic flow based on triboelectric nanogenerators

S He, Z Wang, X Zhang, Z Yuan, Y Sun… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fluidic flow monitoring of a non-full pipe is of great significance in the field of energy
measurement and pipeline transportation. In this work, a monitoring method based on …

Wind-driven self-powered wireless environmental sensors for Internet of Things at long distance

D Liu, B Chen, J An, C Li, G Liu, J Shao, W Tang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As the technology of the Internet of Things (IoT) develops, trillions of wireless nodes need to
be powered. It's of significant importance to design self-powered systems by utilizing …

Application of triboelectric nanogenerator in fluid dynamics sensing: past and future

LNY Cao, Z Xu, ZL Wang - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) developed by ZL Wang's team to harvest random
mechanical energy is a promising new energy source for distributed sensing systems in the …

Triboelectric fluid sensors: principles, development, and perspectives

Z Wang, Y Wang, Q Gao, G Bao… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid energy is one of the most common, widely distributed, and significant renewable
energy sources globally, which generally exists in gases and liquids such as wind energy …